The Coastguard Service of the French Customs is a civil administration in charge of the surveillance and protection of the maritime border of France.

It contributes to the action of the State at sea and to the coastguard function and participates, within this framework, in national and international missions.

[1] In order to carry out its missions, the Coastguard Service of the French Customs has intervention and interception resources, including 18 speedboats and patrol boats sailing within 200 nautical miles and 13 coastal speedboats that operate within a radius of 20 nautical miles.

Coastguard planes and helicopters remain, moreover, fully mobilized by land Customs in order to respond to national territory protection and surveillance missions.

[1] With nearly 900 highly specialized agents in areas ranging from the maintenance of resources to their operational use, including the analysis of maritime information, Coastguard Service of the French Customs is a key player in the fight against large trafficking and is fully in line with the State Action at Sea (AEM) system led by the Maritime Prefects of Brest, Cherbourg and Toulon as well as the Government Delegates for State Action at Sea in the French West Indies.